I'm sure these are low-income tenants who aren't suddenly going to be able to pull another $300/month out of thin air. 

If your neighbor offers to sell and you are a maybe, your stake could suddenly be worth even more if the developer really needs it.

The mortgage has passed through several lenders and is now with Shell point mortgage, the homeowner wants to keep the house with some help from the mortgage company, monthly payment used to be around $1100 and now all of a sudden the lender has increased the mortgage to over $2000.

These sellers are 90% of the time appointed by the state as the Personal Representative suddenly.

During lulls contractors take smaller jobs but while working on yours when a big job lands in their lap yours getting finished suddenly gets pushed back.

Anyone looking at your books might want to know why you suddenly decreased that units rent by $200 per month. 

Continue to devour as much information as you can about the business and suddenly you'll become an overnight success without even realizing it.

When credit dried up and property values decreased, those people were suddenly underwater and on their way to insolvency. 

Having said that, I would place more of the blame on the real estate market self-reinforcing the current environment where property values increased and banks were willing to lend on higher values which led people suddenly being able to access more money which in turn led to more money being spent on buying real estate.

After it all crashed and the market flooded with foreclosures the surge of DIY flipping hit the TV in conjunction with a viewer apatite for "reality TV".